Q9300 available at Newegg!

Hm looks bit overpriced, especially for OEM. Wasn't the original price of the Q9450 suppose to be near $300, not Q9300?
 
so basically is an increase from 1066mhz to 1333mhz and 65nm to 45nm that big of an improvement? and 45nm core will offer more OCing capabilities right?
 
The 45nm will theoretically run cooler and require less power, so yes, it should overclock well. There are some people on overclocking boards who got early copies, so you should be able to find some actual results.
 
WhiteFireDragon said:
so basically is an increase from 1066mhz to 1333mhz and 65nm to 45nm that big of an improvement? and 45nm core will offer more OCing capabilities right?
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There are also minor core changes, so clock for clock the new 45nm line up does perform a bit better.
 
On some of the Overclocking forums there is talk that they might not OC very well due to the lower multipliers. I 'm waiting on the Q9450 at the moment but also thinking of just picking up a Q6600. If I knew that I could achieve say 3.2 or 3.4 on my air cooling I might go ahead and buy the Q6600 or even a Q6700 when prices drop in April.
 
mep916 said:
With it's 10X multiplier, you can easily get to 4GHz. Intel really screwed us with the multiplier settings of the Q9xxx series. :mad:
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what are you saying, that the chip cant handle it or the FSB can't?

because i think it would be a simple matter to get most fsb's as high or higher then 1600, and even some p35's can get to 2GHZ
 
mep916 said:
With it's 10X multiplier, you can easily get to 4GHz. Intel really screwed us with the multiplier settings of the Q9xxx series. :mad:
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I realize that the Q9xxx series will use less power and run cooler but for only a 5 to 15% increase in performance I don't know. If I knew my Zalman 9700 would keep the Q6700 cool enough I might just go ahead and order it this weekend for the $299 on Clubit.com
 
lovely? said:
what are you saying, that the chip cant handle it or the FSB can't?
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It's the FSB of the chip I'm concerned about. The Q9450, for example, may have a problem reaching 4GHz. You need a 500 FSB to get to that speed.

colt1911 said:
If I knew my Zalman 9700 would keep the Q6700 cool enough I might just go ahead and order it this weekend for the $299 on Clubit.com
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I'll bet you could reach 3.8 - 4GHz stable with the Zalman. ;)
 
mep916 said:
It's the FSB of the chip I'm concerned about. The Q9450, for example, may have a problem reaching 4GHz. You need a 500 FSB to get to that speed.



I'll bet you could reach 3.8 - 4GHz stable with the Zalman. ;)
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I had my Q6600 up to almost 500MHz FSB, I'm sure the Q9450 as you said could at least hit 3.8GHz with a good motherboard.
 
I won't be looking into 45nm quads anytime soon. Everyone i have seen so far are hitting FSB walls around 425. With those low multi's, thats not good...
 
[-0MEGA-];933279 said:
I had my Q6600 up to almost 500MHz FSB, I'm sure the Q9450 as you said could at least hit 3.8GHz with a good motherboard.
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You were stable at 3.85 with water, right? What were your multi and FSB settings at that speed?

ThatGuy16 said:
Everyone i have seen so far are hitting FSB walls around 425. With those low multi's, thats not good...
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Exactly, that's the problem. Do you think there will be a big difference in the retail chips!?
 
not sure, i'd just wait around for the prices to settle down as well as some personal results :P

i got this PM from a guy on another forum for example

Riverslide SS said:
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Riverslide SS said:
yes its a ES chip, but max fsb with windows boot 425, and boot but not windows 450, with every multiplier so guess i will stay at 3.6....
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The voltage is just below 1.29. I'd think more would be necessary for a higher OC, wouldn't you? On the flip side though, that's a great OC for such little voltage. :)
 
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